Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. An on-line identity verification method in which computer-performed steps are performed by a computerized verification system said steps comprising: providing, performed by a website that is part of the system, to a user a series of questionnaires and tests to fill out, followed by: generating, performed by the system, a unique badge code for the user; giving, by the system to the user, a scoring badge with the badge code which is a unique badge code unique to user, wherein the unique badge code is pasteable by the user in one or more various sites or communities online; intaking by the system from the user a set of registrations of where the user is using the badge code; receiving by the system a communication from a clicker who is someone clicking on the badge code on an external website, wherein in case of a hijacked icon being clicked on, after the receiving step, the verification system performs a step of sending a “reject†message to the clicker and does not provide a public profile of the user to the clicker; checking by the system if the external website is registered for user in the set of registrations; and if YES, displaying to the clicker the public profile for user; but if NO, not displaying to the clicker the public profile for user.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, wherein when the verification system receives an attempted click-through on the badge code from a website page that does not appear in the table of registrations by the user, a step performed by the verification system of sending a “reject†message.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying an on-line identity rating for the user.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying an identification verification icon for the user.
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February 24, 2015
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